Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Rock Loader
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 19, 2019
1. Rock Loader Marker
Inscription.
This machine was used to load a car with rock from a rock tunnel. A pulley was attached to the freshly blasted rock face and a rope passed from one of the drum hoists on the loader, over the pulley and attached to the back of the scraper shovel. Another rope, attached to the front of the scraper, was operated by a second drum of the double drum hoist. Operating the foot pedal at the side of the loader brought the scraper bucket with its load of rock up the apron of the loader and over the waiting coal or rock car. Once the load of rock had been deposited in the car, the lever adjacent to the foot pedal was used to return the scraper bucket to the rock face. This machine was also used in the driving of tunnels and gangways and was last used in the renovation of the Lackawanna Coal Mine..
This machine was used to load a car with rock from a rock tunnel. A pulley was attached to the freshly blasted rock face and a rope passed from one of the drum hoists on the loader, over the pulley and attached to the back of the scraper shovel. Another rope, attached to the front of the scraper, was operated by a second drum of the double drum hoist. Operating the foot pedal at the side of the loader brought the scraper bucket with its load of rock up the apron of the loader and over the waiting coal or rock car. Once the load of rock had been deposited in the car, the lever adjacent to the foot pedal was used to return the scraper bucket to the rock face. This machine was also used in the driving of tunnels and gangways and was last used in the renovation of the Lackawanna Coal Mine.
Location. 41° 25.004′ N, 75° 42.9′ W. Marker is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It can be reached from Bald Mountain Road. Marker and rock loader are near the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour Visitor Center, in McDade Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Bald Mountain Road, Scranton PA 18504, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 19, 2019
2. Rock Loader and Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 19, 2019
3. Rock Loader
Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on September 6, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
